Email Author Nate Patrin

2013 Stories by Nate Patrin

• Rihanna

  published March 20, 2013

  Every time Rihanna helms a hit, it seems like it'll be her biggest – and then the next one comes around. "Pon de Replay" was big; "Umbrella"... More >>

• The Silver City Millers

  published March 20, 2013

  Since autumn 2010, the Silver City Millers -- multi-instrumentalist/singer-songwriter Jeff Rolfzen and mandolinist/clogger Sarah Cagley -- have... More >>

• P!nk

  published March 13, 2013

  P!nk has knocked down a lot of myths in her dozen-plus years of chart ubiquity, chief amongst them that pop fame is a fleeting, fickle monster in... More >>

• Hot Pants

  published March 13, 2013

  1971's "Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants)" was one of several immortal singles from James Brown's early '70s run of... More >>

• Bob Seger, Kid Rock

  published March 13, 2013

  Two of Michigan's favorite native sons team up for a huge double bill tonight. Bob Seger's a classic-rock radio staple with a back catalogue of... More >>

• Wolfgang Gartner

  published March 6, 2013

  Wolfgang Gartner (nee Joey Youngman) has grown to be one of the most successful producers and DJs in contemporary house music, with a crossover... More >>

• Slightly Stoopid

  published March 6, 2013

  If you’re going to a show by a band with a name like that, don’t expect a dour, self-serious, arm-crossing kind of time. Do expect a... More >>

• Meek Mill

  published March 6, 2013

  One of the breakthrough stars in Rick Ross’s already heavy-hitting Maybach Music Group, Philly rapper Meek Mill has ridden that status and a... More >>

• Muse

  published March 6, 2013

  Stadium-sized prog isn’t the dominant commercial force it was in the 1970s, but Muse has thrived at a time when not just high-concept arena... More >>

• Tegan and Sara

  published March 6, 2013

  Calgary twins Tegan and Sara Quin front one of the most acclaimed indie bands to emerge out of Canada, with Polaris nominations and cult-fan... More >>

• Maroon 5

  published February 27, 2013

  It’s been a long road from high school band Kara’s Flowers to three #1 singles, but Maroon 5 have officially Made It, one way or... More >>

• The Pink Floyd Experience

  published February 27, 2013

  Pink Floyd are a band we'll never get to see again in its most-renowned lineup; even if Roger Waters and David Gilmour buried the hatchet, the... More >>

• Murs

  published February 27, 2013

  If you gave Murs' name an autocomplete somewhere in your mind, there'd probably be an ampersand somewhere in there. Though the West Coast indie... More >>

• Women of Red House Records: A 30th Anniversary Show

  published February 27, 2013

  This special showcase and 30-year tribute to the Grammy-winning Saint Paul record label is part of St. Catherine’s ‘Women of... More >>

• Aesop Rock

  published February 27, 2013

  With Skelethon, his sixth solo album in 15 years and his first for Rhymesayers, Aesop Rock delivered one of the best albums in a long and... More >>

• Baauer / Just Blaze

  published February 13, 2013

  Baauer was a figurehead for 2012's trend of weaving Southern gun-clap street-rap production tricks into bass music — a subgenre dubbed... More >>

• Fuck Knights

  published January 9, 2013

  Armed with a loud bass, a louder, pencil-strummed guitar and a deceptively stripped-down drumkit, Fuck Knights have spent the past few years... More >>

• International Reggae All-Stars

  published January 9, 2013

  Make all the jokes you want about the climate differences between Kingston and Minneapolis, but the cultural ones aren't as hard to reconcile. The... More >>

• Nachito Herrera

  published January 2, 2013

  Nachito Herrera has taken an eventful route from Cuba to Minneapolis -- a child prodigy at 12 performing Rachmaninoff with the Cuban Symphony... More >>